Key: D major
Intro 1
F#
F#
B
B
F#
F#
B
B
Verse 1
F#
B
I, I will be King
F#
B
And you, you will be Queen
Chorus 1
E
F#
Though nothing will drive them away
C#m
G#m
F#
We can beat them just for one day
E
B
F#
We can be heroes just for one day
Verse 2
F#
B
And you you can be mean
F#
B
And I, I'll drink all the time
F#
B
'Cause we are lovers and that is the fact
F#
B
Yes, we're lovers and that is that
Chorus 2
E
F#
Though nothing will keep us together
G#m
F#
just for one day
E
B
F#
We can be heroes for ever and ever
Interlude 1
What d'you say?
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F#
B
B
F#
F#
B
B
Verse 3
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B
I, I wish you could swim
F#
B
Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim
Chorus 3
E
F#
Though nothing, nothing will keep us together
C#m
G#m
F#
We can beat them for ever and ever
E
B
F#
Oh, we can be heroes just for one day
Interlude 2
F#
F#
B
B
F#
F#
B
B
Verse 4
F#
B
I, I will be King
F#
B
And you, you will be Queen
Chorus 4
E
F#
Though nothing will drive them away
C#m
G#m
F#
We can be heroes just for one day
E
B
F#
We can be us just for one day
Verse 5
F#
B
I, I can remember
(I remember)
F#
B
Standing by the wall
(By the wall)
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B
And the guns shot above our heads
(Over our heads)
F#
B
And we kissed as though nothing could fall
(Nothing could fall)
Chorus 5
E
F#
And the shame was on the other side
C#m
G#m
F#
Oh, we can beat them for ever and ever
E
B
F#
Then we could be heroes just for one day
Bridge 1
F#
B
We can be heroes
F#
B
We can be heroes
F#
B
F#
We can be heroes just for one day
Chorus 6
E
F#
We're nothing and nothing will help us
G#m
F#
then you better not stay
E
B
F#
But we could be safer just for one day
Outro 1
F#
F#
B
B
[Fade out]
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